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  • n  an outcropping of rock that extends outward

  • President Nixon, his chin outthrust, answered the question with one firm wordnoat a press conference in November.
  • He had the familiar thatch of thick brown hair, the outthrust jaw, the meat-chopping gestures, the flat Boston accent.
  • Finally, chin outthrust, Benito Mussolini rested both hands on the balustrade and bellowed: "Officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, Black Shirts of the Fascist .

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